Most of the worlds democracies use parliamentary systems of
government. I am providing this example of a real Brazilian
election because
Brazil does not have a parliamentary system of government.
It's
system
of government is closer to that of the U.S. In political
science, both the U.S.A. and Brazil would be called
either a presidential
or
republican
forms of government.
Federal Republic of Brazil - Lower House Results
Most of the worlds democracies use parliamentary systems of
government. I am providing this example of a real Brazilian
election because
Brazil does not have a parliamentary system of government.
It's
system
of government is closer to that of the U.S. In political
science, both the U.S.A. and Brazil would be called
either a presidential
or
republican
forms of government. Brazil's president has extensive
executive powers and is both head of state and head of government, just
like in the U.S. Both nations president and vice president
are
elected on the same ticket
by popular vote for four-year terms.
Brazilian Federal Senate
The Brazilian Federal Senate consists of 81 seats,
of which three members from each state, or federal district, are
elected
according to the principle of majority to serve eight-year terms;
one-third elected after a four-year period, two-thirds
elected
after the next four-year period.
Chamber of Deputies -
Lower House
The 513 member Chamber
of Deputies
has a similar function to our House
of Representatives, however it has only one electoral district
with all
513 seats,
whose members are
elected by this highly
proportional
form
of representation to serve four-year terms.
[ One 513th part of the total Vote ] = [ One SEAT ]
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF 4 OCTOBER 1998
NATIONAL SUMMARY CHAMBER OF
DEPUTIES
Elected by Proportional
Representation
============================================================ Party
Votes
%
Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Communist
(PCB)
802,327
01.2
7 Democratic
Labor (PDT)
3,098,599
04.6
25 Liberal
Front
(PFL)
10,862,915
16.0 105 Liberal
Party
(PL)
1,485,965
02.2
12 Democratic
Movement (PMDB)
9,215,430
13.6
83 Progressive
(PPB)
6,869,638
10.1
60 Social
Democratic
(PSDB)
9,389,128
13.9
99 Socialist
(PSB)
2,079,285
03.1
19 Workers'
Party
(PT)
6,468,001
09.5
58 Labor
Party
(PTB)
3,439,219
05.1
31 Others
14,009,520
20.69 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total
67,720,077
513
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